1. October 28, 2011

2.   Redirect  If sleeping, wake them up  If sick, send them to the clinic  ALL students should be alert and learning  If they think you don’t care, they will continue  Establish your expectations Noticing when students are NOT engaged…

3.  BBy using games with your academic focus, students will be more engaged EExamples: ““What is the Question” (Jeopardy) ““Name that Category” ($100,000 Pyramid) ““Talk a Mile a Minute ” (Family Feud) Academic Games

4.  Spanish 101 Cell Biology 100 Jota The center of a cell 200 Equis The blue area of the cell 300 Seis Prophase Prometaphase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase 400 This color in Spanish 500 Ayuda me por favor!

5.   Put your kids in pairs and have them call off 1’s and 2’s  Partner 1 will read the facts  Partner 2 will determine the category Name that Category

6.   Basketball  Soccer  Tennis  Football  Golf Category: Types of Sports

7.   Similar to Family Feud  Students get in teams and alternate responders (1,2,3,4)  Responder has 15 seconds to come up with a team response Talk a Mile a Minute

8.   Asking questions does 2 things:  Provides a form of missing information  Puts mild pressure on students  Wait time  after question  while responding, student pauses  when teaching new information  for impact  Response Cards  T/F  Multiple Choice  Fill in the blank Managing Response Rates

9.   Give one, get one  Students find a partner across the room and take their notebook/binder  Each person gives a statement he or she thought was important and gets a statement from the other person  Vote with your feet  Teacher posts 3 or 4 different signs around the room  Students stand next to the sign for which they agree Using Physical Movement

10.   Spending too much or too little time on anything effects student engagement  Usually if your classroom routines are established and you have planned ahead, your pace is effective Maintain a Lively Pace

11.   Identify YOUR reasons for viewing the topic as interesting, meaningful or important and project these reasons to the students Intensity and Enthusiasm

12.   Identify a topic that makes students debate  Have those who agree with a topic on one side of the room, those who do not agree on the other side and those not attached to an opinion in the middle  Each side will have to convince the people in the middle to join them. Friendly Controversy

13.   Relate your material with their lives  Examples:  Who has traveled to a foreign country/county? What were your experiences? (French and Spanish)  Tell me about your family and how they are similar or opposite from the story’s family. (English/Reading)  Where can you find these cells around you? (Science)  What is the most efficient route for you to get home? (Math) Providing students with opportunities to talk about themselves

14.   Unusual information related to topic sparks interest  Examples:  31% of employees skip lunch entirely  3% of pet owners give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets  The first product to have a barcode was Wrigley’s gum  The ivy leagues were called ivy because of the ivy on the outside walls and they were castle-like Unusual or Intriguing Information

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16.   24. Noticing when students are not engaged  25. Using Academic Games  26. Managing Response Rates  27. Using Physical Movement  28. Maintaining a Lively Pace  29. Demonstrating Intensity and Enthusiasm  30. Using Friendly Controversy  31. Providing Opportunities for Students to Talk about Themselves  32. Presenting Unusual or Intriguing Information Design Question # 5: Engaging Students

17.   4 = In addition to score of 3, I can make in depth references and applications when it comes to student engagement  3 = I fully understand the components and strategies of student engagement  2 = I have some understanding of the components and strategies of student engagement  1 = With help, I have partial understanding of the components and strategies for student engagement  0 = With help, I have no understand of what student engagement means or strategies I can use How comfortable are you with DQ’s 5?